RAMPUR BAZAR

CONTINUOUS SANITISATION AND CLEANLINESS DRIVE OF ER IN ALL

MAJOR STATIONS AND WORKSHOPS

Kolkata September 1, 2020:

As a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID 19, Eastern Railway is continuing intensive cleanliness and sanitisation drive at stations, tracks, yards, coaching depots, compartments of special trains, guard vans, driver cabs, seating benches in the concourse, waiting halls, door handles and differently commonly touched surfaces at stations like Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Malda, Kolkata Terminal, Azimganj, Rampurhat etc.

Side by side, cleanliness and sanitisation drives are o­n in all the three workshops including Kanchrapara, Liluah and Jamalpur for making the railway premises safe for staff and passengers.

This cleanliness and sanitisation drives of Eastern Railway at stations as well as in the workshops are viewed as a relentless battle against the spread of COVID 19 and to make railway premises safe for the rail users and staff.

ER’S SAFETY & MAINTENANCE WORK DURING LOCK DOWN

Kolkata, June 19, 2020:

ER has taken all out effort to undertake safety and maintenance works o­n priority during lock down period also. Taking the advantage of lock down, Engineering and  Bridge  team of ER’s  Asansol Division  completed launching of 3 nos of 21.5 m girder of Foot Overbridge (FOB) at TELWA station  in Sitarampur -Jhajha section by using Road Crane. Traffic cum Power Block was taken for the period from 14:45 hrs to 17:00 hrs o­n 19.6.2020, during Covid-19 lockdown – 5, without affecting coaching train punctuality. Sitarampur-Jhajha section is a busy section and in normal time Traffic & Power Block for such long time without affecting punctuality was not feasible.